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Chinese Female Taikonaut IdentifiedOnchan, UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2010 Sources in China have confirmed the identity of one of the two female Air Force pilots currently vying to become China's first woman in space. Captain Wang Yaping, 32, a Transport Pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), and another currently unidentified colleague were selected in March, from a pool of fifteen female candidates, and joined five male jet fighter pilots to form China's second taikonaut group. Wang had been widely identified in the Chinese media as one of five ... read more |
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  SkyTerra One Satellite Sends First Signals From Space Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from LightSquared's SkyTerra 1 following the satellite's launch at 12:29 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 14 on an International Launch Services Proton vehicl ... more | .. |
  New Standard Proposed For Supercomputing A new supercomputer rating system will be released by an international team led by Sandia National Laboratories at the Supercomputing Conference 2010 in New Orleans. The rating system, Graph50 ... more | .. |
 Virtual Reality Helps Researchers Track How Brain Responds To Surroundings New tools inspired by video games are revealing how the brain senses and responds to its surroundings, finds new human and animal research. Taking advantage of state-of-the art technologies to ... more | .. |
  Pentagon Contracts Iridium to Upgrade Satellite Communications Gateway Iridium Communications announces that it has won three Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) contracts to upgrade the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service (EMSS) Ga ... more |
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  Russia To Conduct Half Of Carrier Rocket Launches From Far East By 2020 Russia intends to carry out up to 45 percent of its carrier rocket launches from the Vostochny Space Center, under construction in the Far East, by 2020, the deputy head of Russian Federal Space Age ... more | .. |
  SES To Contribute To Galileo Operations Global satellite operator SES S.A. has become a key partner in the future operations of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system. ASTRA TechCom Services, an SES company, has signed a contr ... more | .. |
 SSTL Satellite Steps Aside To Reduce Space Junk Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully repositioned the UK-DMC-1 spacecraft, which is reaching the end of its operational life, using unspent propellant to reduce the orbital lifeti ... more | .. |
  ISRO To Send Up New Communication Satellite In 2010 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to close 2010 with the launch of communication satellite GSAT-5P, which will replace the ageing INSAT 2E to ensure continuity of service for ... more |
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  NASA Test Fires New Rocket Engine for Commercial Space Vehicle NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing Wednesday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Taurus II s ... more | .. |
  NASA plans Alaska satellite launch NASA says it is preparing to launch two scientific satellites loaded with experiments, including a solar sail prototype, from its Alaska launch facility. ... more | .. |
 New search tool vital for digital media future: France's INA French digital archive leader INA is positioning itself as a global tool helping researchers, officials, journalists and private citizens gain better access and safeguard historic material, the group's director said. ... more | .. |
Microsoft sells one million Kinects in 10 days Microsoft said Monday it sold one million Kinect motion-sensing controllers for the Xbox 360 videogame console in 10 days and is on pace to sell five million by the end of the year. ... more |
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Next Google phone will be mobile wallet: Schmidt A new Google mobile phone imbedded with a chip that makes it a virtual wallet so people can "tap and pay" is poised to make its debut, the Internet giant's chief said Monday. ... more | .. |
  S.Korea designs high-tech winter gear for front-line troops South Korean soldiers on the front line with North Korea will be able to bundle up this winter in new high-tech heat-generating parkas, the defence ministry said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Spain, Saudi Arabia talk Leopard tanks Saudi Arabian designs to buy up to $7 billion worth of Spanish-made Leopard 2E tanks have yet to follow through despite the kingdom's expressed interest. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Bids For Next Gen Aegis Missile Contract Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for the concept definition and program planning contract for the Next-Generation Aegis Missile. The Next-Generatio ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin Receives Contract For Aegis Production The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $97M contract for the production of the Aegis Weapon System for the DDG-113 destroyer, plus advanced procurement funding for two additional systems for DDGs 1 ... more | .. |
 Boeing Submits Proposal For Next Generation Aegis Missile Contract Boeing has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the concept definition and program planning phase of the Next Generation Aegis Missile (NGAM). NGAM is a key compon ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Enters Competition For Next-Gen Aegis Missile Northrop Grumman is highlighting its deep experience on early intercept of ballistic missile threats to compete for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) next-generation ballistic missile intercep ... more | .. |
  Faster Flood Forecasting At SERVIR-Africa In September 2010, SERVIR Science Coordinator Dr. Ashutosh Limaye made his first journey to the SERVIR-Africa node at the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development, or RCMRD, in Nairo ... more |
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  Haiti polls must go ahead despite cholera: candidates As Haiti's cholera toll neared 1,000 Thursday, candidates insisted the health crisis should not derail looming presidential polls with the rebuilding of the quake-hit nation at stake. ... more | .. |
Fire in Shanghai high-rise block kills 42 A huge fire engulfed a Shanghai high-rise building on Monday, killing 42 people as panicked residents stumbled over each other to escape while thick smoke spread across China's commercial hub. ... more | .. |
Shanghai blaze stirs anger over China's lax safety Shanghai residents voiced anger on Tuesday over a high-rise fire that killed at least 53 people in the latest deadly incident to raise concern over lax safety standards in China. ... more | .. |
Shanghai fire toll at 53 as relatives search for the missing The death toll from a huge fire that engulfed a high-rise building in Shanghai rose to 53 on Tuesday as anxious relatives searched desperately for news of missing loved ones. ... more |
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